Russian forces kill 140 Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk direction in a day

In the Donetsk direction, the Russian armed force killed more than 140 servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces, destroyed two armored vehicles and two D-30 howitzers over the past day, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Saturday.

"In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of units and artillery fire of the Southern group of forces in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznyanskoe, Krasnoye and Tonenkoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, three cars and two D-30howitzers were destroyed per day," he said at a briefing on the progress of the special military operation.